uniform
adjective
identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: a uniform building code.
uniform
American
[yoo-nuh-fawrm]
/ ˈju nəˌfɔrm /
adjective
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identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: a uniform building code.
uniform spelling;
a uniform building code.
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without variations in detail: a uniform surface.
uniform output;
a uniform surface.
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constant; unvarying; undeviating: uniform velocity.
uniform kindness;
uniform velocity.
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constituting part of a uniform.
to be issued uniform shoes.
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Mathematics. occurring in a manner independent of some variable, parameter, function, etc..
a uniform bound.
noun
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uniforms
plural
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an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.
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Informal. a uniformed police officer, as opposed to a detective or other member of a police force who does not wear a uniform while on duty.
The chief wants all available uniforms at the site of the explosion ASAP.
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a word used in communications to represent the letter U.
verb (used with object)
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uniforms,
present (3rd person singular)
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uniformed,
past participle, past
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uniforming
present participle
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to make uniform or standard.
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to clothe in or furnish with a uniform.
uniform
1
British
/ ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm /
noun
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a prescribed identifying set of clothes for the members of an organization, such as soldiers or schoolchildren
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a single set of such clothes
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a characteristic feature or fashion of some class or group
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informal a police officer who wears a uniform
adjective
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unchanging in form, quality, quantity, etc; regular
a uniform surface
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identical; alike or like
a line of uniform toys
verb
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to fit out (a body of soldiers, etc) with uniforms
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to make uniform
Uniform
2
British
/ ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm /
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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uniformsimple
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uniformssimple
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have uniformedperfect
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has uniformedperfect
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am uniformingprogressive
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are uniformingprogressive
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is uniformingprogressive
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have been uniformingperfect progressive
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has been uniformingperfect progressive
Past
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uniformedsimple
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had uniformedperfect
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was uniformingprogressive
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were uniformingprogressive
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had been uniformingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of uniform
First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin ūnifōrmis (adjective), equivalent to ūni- combining form meaning “one” + -fōrmis “form, shape”; see uni-, -form
Explanation
Uniform means the same. If your school has a uniform it means all the kids wear the same clothes. If you are told to make your handwriting uniform, they want your letters to be the same shape and size over and over. When you break uniform down, you'll see uni for one, and form, for shape––things that are uniform have the shape. If you are building a Zombie Army, it's more fun to create zombies who are not uniform. Some can wear shredded shrouds, others can wear whatever they find. Some walk just fine, others leave body parts wherever they go.
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When a carrier strike group deploys for a historic mission, the burden isn’t borne solely by those in uniform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
At a gleaming new factory in China's central hinterland, masked workers in white uniform season and sift through mounds of latiao, a longtime popular snack that has found hungry fans overseas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
You find him on the official state seal, and if you get nabbed speeding on the freeway, there he is, embroidered on the CHP officer’s uniform patch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Angelica Jaros' son is starting school this year, on top of buying uniform for her six-year-old daughter too.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The hardest thing to get used to was the German uniform everywhere, German trucks and tanks in the street, German spoken in the shops.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The 1968 Uniform Monday Holiday Act mandated that the federal government celebrate Presidents Day on the third Monday in February each year.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
The Second Chance Uniform Shop, based at the Roots and Rise community unit in the Queensgate Centre, has recorded about 1,000 visitors since it opened in November.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Liens are recorded in state Uniform Commercial Code databases across the country, with the public filings intended to standardize interstate transactions and alert creditors about business debts and financial obligations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
Corrections & Amplifications Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice is the catchall provision criminalizing conduct that is harmful to good order and discipline or brings discredit on the armed forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
“And Not Getting the Uniform Right—nay hair’s always too long, you’re not allowed to alter the coat so it’s always too big, things like that. And: Southerners laughing at my accent.”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Yasukuni this week also appealed to visitors to refrain from wearing military-style uniforms so that the "general public can worship in peace and quiet at our shrine".
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
An AFP reporter estimated that around 20-30 people in uniforms were there.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Disney dressed the Angels in uniforms derided by one player as “pinstripe pajamas,” put cheerleaders on the dugout roof, and installed a loud “countdown to first pitch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Though the drivers aren’t direct employees of FedEx and Amazon, they often wear branded uniforms or vests and drive corporate-branded vans or trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Until hours later, that is, when they learned that the Coast Guard had uncovered boxes of explosives and German uniforms along the beach.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Prosecutor Andrew Scott said the detective had accessed logs involving "a relatively minor complaint" and "tittle-tattle" relating to her male friend, which was being dealt with by uniformed officers.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Metro has deployed “an engaged and visible presence of uniformed personnel from Metro’s Department of Public Safety Ecosystem,” L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Troop bands playing music onstage, troops putting on military combatives exhibitions in the octagon, troops sitting, uniformed and visible, beneath the Claw to watch the spectacle in person.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
The uniformed men met at the US base at the southeastern tip of the island.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
Rows of uniformed soldiers stare out at us, gun muzzles pointing upward from between their knees.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
“What we’re talking about is not creating any new laws, we’re talking about uniforming the laws that we have,” Manchin said in afternoon speech on the Senate floor.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2013
Routed, he sailed for the U. S., established himself in Westbury, L. I., furnished copy on dull days by such stunts as uniforming and drilling an army of messenger boys and farmhands.
From Time Magazine Archive
On this morning of battle little attention had been paid to uniforming.
From Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 by James Fenimore Cooper
The pay of the 22,500 men amounted to 7,838,400 francs; rations, 6,366,195; musicians, 239,112; uniforming, 1,887,682; officers' uniforms, 208,837.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
The regiments were uniformed by private donations, each neighborhood uniforming the company raised in its bounds.
From History of Kershaw's Brigade by D. Augustus Dickert
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